From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 28 0:47: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (af.speednet.com.au [202.135.206.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15E6714F0D; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:46:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by backup.af.speednet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA34371; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:44:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:44:52 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-Sender: andyf@localhost To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Its about that time of year again. (FreeBSD & MCA) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > I will ask another question; "Anyone want to see what I've got so far?" > > http://www.jurai.net/~winter/mca/ > > README.mca > mca.diff > mca.tar.gz > > MicroChannel Architecture System detected. > ... > mca0: on motherboard Excellent! Although you've now forced me to put off all other weekend 'projects' (lawn-mowing, car-washing, etc) :-) > I'd really like a few other people to try booting a kernel with this code > on any of the MCA systems they happen to have laying around just to make > sure that my changes do indeed work on other hardware than my Model 77. I have a truckload of MCA cards - scsi controllers (ibm, adaptec, buslogic, pro-comm), ethernet (ne2000, 3com), memory boards (ibm, other), serial controllers, XGA-2.... I'll try and give 'em all a go... > If someone has a ABIOS block device driver code hiding on their hard disk > I'd really like to look at it (I already know about the Mach3 stuff). I have the OS/2 device driver development kit. There may be something in there. I'll check. > > Thanks! > Thank you! > -- > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message